Chap, IV. ANTIENT METAPHYSICS. i^ 



CHAP. IV, 



The Diet m the Civilifed Life much more unwholefome than that in 

 the Natural. — The reafon for which is, that it is of more difficult 

 digeflio7i, — And^firfl, as to the food of Flcfld^—of more dijicult di- 

 gejlion than Vegetables. — Fermented Liquors not a ivhole/oine drink. 

 — 1 hat both eating Flefj and drinking Strong Liquors are unwhoh" 

 Jovie^ proved by Health bei?ig recovered when Men abflain from 

 them, — That eating Fleflj^ and drinking IS i rang Lic^uors.^ do not give 

 Strength., proved by the example of the People oftht Ladrone IJlands 

 and of the Porters of Baffora. — Of the m inner of living of the 

 antient Fgyptians^ as to eating Fleflj and drinking Wine — moderate 

 in both., — but they knew that the Civiiifed Life, however inanaged 

 was not favourable to Health. — Therefore they took Phyfic to pre- 

 vent Dijea/es.^ — a?id had Dodlors for every Difcafe. — Of the Lidi- 

 ans^ and their manner of living. — They eat only of the Animals 

 they Sacrifice — drink no Strong Liquors — Bathe and Anoint^ yet 

 are fhorttr-Uved than we, though lefs Dijeafed, — diminifjed too, in 

 the ftze of their bodies. — The Greeks and Romans preferved the'w 

 Health by exercifing naked in the air. — The Romans too^ by fwim- 



ming, which was a neceffary part of Education afnong them. The 



exercijes of the Greeks, in their PaUvflras, too violent; and the Diet 

 of the Athlets very utinatural. — The/e excrcifes not praciifed by the 



Egyptians. — Agriculture the nio/l healthy of all occupations. This 



pra£li/ed mofl fuccef fully by the Romans in the early ages of their 



State. — What they learned by the practice of Agriculture, of (rrcat 



ife to them in their military operations. —Of the advantage the Claf- 



fical Scholar may reap by learning a better way of living than any 



pra&ifcd- 



